WICHITA, KANSAS—
Fortrex
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fortrex, 2929 N. Ohio Street, WICHITA, KANSAS 67219 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was inspecting equipment. The employee's left hand became caught in a conveyor and they were hospitalized with a hand injury.
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An employee was climbing a ladder to a catwalk to perform degreasing. The employee fell 8 feet from the ladder platform to the production floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their C2 vertebra, both wrists, and possibly the left leg.
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